Registered Nurse – Progressive Neuroscience and Transplant Care Unit at Virginia Mason Medical Center (2025-07 – Present)
- Assess, plan, implement nursing care intervention and or collaborate patient care with treatment team.
- Monitor vital signs, telemetry and neurological assessment and patient hemodynamic stability.
- Monitor post renal transplant, labs and ensure no signs of infection and coordinate patient status for any signs of rejection and abnormal changes.
- Received and closely monitored transferred patients from ICU and OR post craniotomy/craniectomy, EVD shunt placement/ VP shunt, Lumbar drain for various reason like stroke, ICH, tumor/mass resection, hydrocephalus
- Observed and monitor patient with titratable drips like Amiodarone, Cardizem, Nicardipine, Ketamine, Lidocaine, Heparin, hypertonic fluids, PCA's and some pressor med infusion
- Provide close monitoring to patients getting immunotherapy infusion, blood products transfusion and antirejection meds.
Charge Nurse / Clinical RN – General Internal Medicine PCU/Step-down, Oncology Unit at MD Anderson Cancer Center (2024-01 – Present)
Comprehensive Cancer Center in Nation
- Provide assistance to RN in taking care of acutely-ill patient whenever assign as charge nurse or resource RN. Ensure patient needs address in timely manner.
- Monitor vital signs & telemetry. Ensure patient hemodynamic stability.
- Received and take care of step down ICU patients and PCU patients.
- Assess, plan, collaborate patient care with treatment team.
- Observed and monitor patient with titratable drips like Amiodarone, Cardizem, Nicardipine, Heparin, PCA's and others
- Provide close monitoring to patients getting chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy infusion, blood products transfusion.
- Ensure and monitor patients wearing Bipap, High flow oxygen and nasal cannula.
Charge RN - Respiratory and Trauma Step-down, Med-Surg PCU at Johnson City Medical Center (2022-03 – 2023-12)
Level 1 trauma hospital with 445 bed capacity
- Monitor patient vital signs, telemetry and labs
- Ensure proper documentation and appropriate referral to physician for any abnormality.
- Assess and take care of med-surg, bariatric, trauma, and patients on ventilator and with tracheostomy.
- Observed and monitor patient with titratable infusion drips with medical and surgical complications.
- Ensure and monitor patients to wear BIPAP and HIGH FLOW oxygen demand, communicate with physician and RT team.
- Assist trauma patients in ambulation using various transfer equipment and ensure safety and tolerance. Coordinate with PT/OT and appropriate level of care referrals
- Intervene and assist RN's in completing task as Charge Nurse when needed.
Scrub Nurse/PACU Nurse at Port Moresby General Hospital (2020-11 – 2021-08)
Teaching and referral government hospital with a 1,000 bed capacities
- Assist surgeon before, during and after operation either major, minor and laparoscopic cases.
- Handed instruments during operation, maintained sterile area and instruments, and proper patient positioning in OR table.
- Gather the instruments, gowns, drape bundles necessary prior to operation, check machines for function and availability.
- Circulated the scrub nurse throughout the operation, providing timeout prior to anaesthesia and/or before surgical start, ensure instrument counted complete and correct.
- Maintaining aseptic technique between the OR-team, wound dressing, Foley catheter insertion, corrugated or hemovac tube drain insertion, and patient safety guideline been emphasized.
- Assist Anaesthetist whenever necessary and communicate patient blood loss and important details.
- Monitor patient post-operatively; checking vital signs, providing warm temperature, IVF regulation, checking contraptions for output and abnormalities.
- Ensure patient is stable in PACU by checking airway, consciousness, mobility, vital signs, physical appearance or thorough assessment for pain and complains.
Clinical Nurse Specialist (adult Medical-surgical and neonatal unit) at Port Moresby General Hospital (2014-12 – 2020-11)
Teaching and referral government hospital with a 1,000 bed capacity
- Provide post-op care and monitoring to various major surgeries especially obstetrics and gynecology surgeries
- Administer intravenous treatment, IV insertion, tube insertion, gastric lavage, and monitoring intake and output status post-surgery.
- Provide post-operative care to post cesarean section, Gastric surgeries, hysterectomy, tumor or cyst dissection and various cancerous mass ablation or resection
- Blood, fluid transfusions, labs monitoring, extractions and abnormality referral
Registered Staff Nurse at DMV Diagnostic Clinic and Animal Bite Center (2013-08 – 2014-12)
Private clinic providing medical services and lab exam for at least 50 patients a day
- Giving immunoglobulin, antibiotic, tetanus to patient bitten by animal, and wound suturing as well.
- Assisted doctor with different minor procedure medical, surgical screening/examinations.
- Doing physical examinations for routine employment requirements and health check up
- Blood extraction for various blood culture and exams (adult/pediatric)
- On-call home visit care of patient for NGT, Foley insertion/replacement, giving IV/IM/SQ treatment at home, blood collection for follow-up check-up and monitoring
Perioperative Registered Nurse at Al Falah- International Hospital (2010-12 – 2012-12)
Multi-Specialty Hospital with a 170 bed capacity specialized in orthopaedics and General surgery
- Provided professional nursing care to patients undergoing surgery
- Responded to surgical /operation requirements such cardiac, pulmonary, and respiratory failure and hemorrhage
- Maintained open communication lines and providing care for each patient entering the operative suite and conducted pre-op and post-op care
- Supervised personnel in preparing, sterilizing, and caring operating room equipment and supplies
- Set instruments and supplies according to the specific order and type of operation to be performed.
- Assist the surgeon during the procedure by handling instruments, sutures and other supplies.
- Coordinates with circulating nurse and anticipate the needs of the surgeon.
- Received and attended the patient post operatively.
- Monitored vital signs, drains, and maintain hemodynamic stability
- Administered oxygen and post-operative medications as ordered
- Report any abnormal symptoms to prevent post-operative difficulties
General Staff Nurse ( ER, Inpatient units, ICU, OR) at Dr. Manuel B. Veloso Memorial Hospital (2008-05 – 2010-10)
Government hospital with a 100 bed capacity
- Responsible for the accurate assessments and documenting treatments and care rendered whether it may be independent, interdependent, and dependent, and immediately intervene in emergency situations like code blue and rapid response.
- Plan to meet the total nursing needs of the patient and establish nursing care plan
- Give direct nursing care to all patients like IV insertion, wound dressing and tube care
- Assess patients according to their health complaints, recordings and interpreting symptoms
- Promote the improvement of patients care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
- Assist doctor's during emergency situation in giving emergency medicines and measures
